Werewoolf Miniatures is a new Polish company, which was estabilished just few months ago. Right from the beginning this new manufacturer has shown photos of already existing miniatures or figures in very advanced development phase. Some photos of impressive and varied ogre mercenaries were amongst first shown. Well, it is time to tell - does the figures live up to my initial positive impressions?

I've got one of the newest additions to the ogre mercenaries range, miniature labelled as "Lechistan Hussar Companion". Lechistan is an old Turkish or Tartar name for Poland so it is not entirely suprising, that this Hussar Companion is Polish Winged Hussar twisted into ogre form:) Miniature comes in a cardboard box, rather large one, considering it is 28 mm "heroic" scale miniature inside. Parts of the miniature are additionally packed into foil zip bag - Hussar Companion, as all other miniatures from Werewoolf Miniatures, is casted in resin. There is a lot of empty space inside the box so I was a little worried about all delicate parts being damaged in transit. As it turned out, there was no need to worry. Certainly, this is a area for improvements here - even small piece of foam would immobilize bag inside the box.

Miniature is casted in grey, hard but rather elastic resin. I like it a lot, as every time resin miniature fells from the table I have a heart attack. Quality of casting is exceptional - there are no visible mould lines, no air bubbles, no miscasts of any kind. There are only very thin resin foils here and there, easily cleanable with a old tootbrush. Sculpt itself (Marcin Szymański is name of the sculptor) is very good too. There are lots of tiny details, like nails on the fingers or small ornaments on the armour, all of them are clearly visible. All edges are nicely defined.

There are thirteen parts in the bag, as the producer offers two weapon options (battle pick and a mace) and two different heads - with and without helmet.

Last - question of the price. One can buy this miniature in producer's E-bay store for about 22 USD. This is certainly not cheap for one miniature. Still, this is the same price range as similar Games Workshop's miniatures and quality of sculpt and casting is really, really good in my opinion too. This ogre also fits nicely into Ogre Kingdoms army and has unique look.

I'm not dissapointed. And as I want to paint some Chaos Dwarves in the future, I will probably try Werewoolf Miniatures other minis soon - Sons of Adramelech, being their version of chaotic stunts with little ancient Persian twist.

(This entry is illustrated with two photos taken from manufacturer's webstore).